For those of you who need to hear it from The NY Times, here ya go! Please take what you might think of as “extreme” precautions now for the sake of your family, your community, and the world. Remember, it’s not just coronavirus that makes people need to seek medical care. Once this spikes here we will all be in danger. …see more

In the end I think true personal and professional success is about an attitude change, working smart and prioritizing life as much as we do work. Traditional thinking will bring traditional headaches. And who likes headaches?

As this steaming garbage dumpster fire of a year draws to a close, I'm so glad I bought myself some insurance before it began. When I chose a 2020 day planner with the word "Blessed" on it, I couldn't have foreseen how necessary it would be to focus on that word every single minute of every day. Surviving the specter of COVID-19, staying afloat after being laid off, coping with isolation, year-end dental drama --through it all, I had a daily reminder that I am blessed. So for the new year, I've doubled down. I need some adventure in 2021. I hope to travel again, to someplace I've never been. And I'll always keep dreaming. With this gift of Life, I know I can make it happen. But just in case.....I'm soaking my black eyed peas. #NewYearsEve #NewYearsResolution #AttitudeofGratitude …see more

The term "career-defining moment" gets tossed around quite a bit, but I think today may be one for me. From my birth in one of the most notorious racially-divided towns in the American Midwest until today, the arc of my #journalism career has outlined my personal quest to shine light on the darkness of fear and ignorance, to elevate the voices and challenges of the vulnerable, and to amplify issues related to #socialjustice , #racism and #economicinclusion . That's why I'm greatly privileged to be reporting on the 57th anniversary of the #MarchOnWashington for National Geographic . America's current state of turmoil and protest against systemic injustice is a defining moment, and I'm eager to bear witness to the reasons that people feel compelled to participate in this event during a #pandemic . I hope my late mother and father Eloise and Lewis Jones would be proud of me in this moment. I'm definitely impressed by my own staying power in the field of #journalism . Never before has the term #bearingwitness meant so much to me. #careers #careerstory #journalismmatters #MarchOnWashington2020 #CommitmentMarch …see more

When I started this week with a vow to create a new #womensleadership hashtag movement, I should have checked in with Kenyan #HumanRights lawyer Stephanie Musho first. This #AspenNewVoices fellow has “named it and claimed it.” I hereby offer mentoring support to the #communications and #PR staffers in the office of #Kenya ’s first Madame President! The Aspen Institute #globaldevelopment #Africa #womeninpolitics #womeninpower #HerDecisionsWillSaveYou …see more

Around the world, around 300,000 women die from complications in pregnancy or childbirth each year, 2.5 million babies die during the first 28 days of life, and just as many are stillborn. The vast majority of maternal and newborn deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan #Africa and Southeast #Asia . One way to address these statistics is to build the capacity of health workers when managing childbirth emergencies. The #SafeDeliveryApp , a smartphone application developed by the #MaternalFoundation in partnership with the Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark aims to do just that. Through simple, intuitive animated instruction videos, drug lists, and quizzes, the Safe Delivery App guides health workers in how to handle the most common childbirth emergencies. Women Deliver United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) UN Women #globalhealth #globaldevelopment #DeliverForGood #DeliveringDigital #maternalhealth #mobileapps #healthworkers #healthtechnology #reproductivehealth #reproductivejustice …see more

#Menstruation isn't an easy topic to explore on social media, but I was pleased to see this post on Facebook , about a group in #Carterville , #Illinois that's confronting the topic head on. No one person can save the world. But every person in the world can try to make a positive difference. For #MondayMotivation , I tip my hat to the group Steady On for partnering with the ladies of #CartervilleFirstPresbyterian to offer an afternoon tea to talk about the issue of #periodshame , and to try to raise funds to help reduce period shame in #ElSalvador with reusable, sanitary feminine hygiene kits distributed by the Days for Girls International organization. On my LinkedIn page and in my freelance writing and consulting work, I try to contribute by sharing #globalhealth , #reproductivejustice and #globaldevelopment information. Nearly 600,000 followers later, I feel like I'm making a difference. I can't find jobs for all the young people who contact me. I don't own a company, so I can't hire anyone. I can only hope that my journey and my desire to inform will help grow the army of global citizens who understand there's more to connect us than separate us. Thanks for sharing the information, Matt Baughman . #girlsandwomen #genderjustice #reproductivehealth …see more

LOVE this story, Bornice Biomndo ! I also want to visit you in #Berlin some day! #AfricanDiaspora #Africa #HealthWorkers #CommunityHealthWorkers #healthcare #healthcareaccess #healthpromotion …see more

Thanks for sharing this one, Dana Vickers Shelley . I'm proud of Stacey Abrams for standing her ground and making an urgently important point about America's voter suppression crisis.

Women with power must use their influence to fuel the goals and aspirations of powerless women. Numbers and statistics are also people with faces and stories and voices. …see more

"Traveling to Dar es Salaam, #Tanzania as we empower our #womeninengineering teams on the ground as part of our Royal Academy of Engineering - Women In Engineering #AfricaCatalyst project." Aditi Lachman , Program Coordinator for Women in Engineering on Twitter #1MillionGirlsInSTEM #goneglobal #engineering #leadership #changingthenarrative #WomenInSTEM #technology …see more

Shoutout to Nick Oketch of #Kenya, a Johnson & Johnson Fellow for his work on developing sexual + reproductive health services for young people through technology with his Paradigm Youth Network. Learn more about Paradigm here--> https://lnkd.in/dXwYgvz Devex #devexworld #globaldev #SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights …see more

In the push to In push to #endchildmarriage in #Guatemala, young women are on the front lines. http://ht.ly/27Tc30hQuNn Via The Christian Science Monitor …see more

I agree, Joy Owango ... #Africa is not lacking talented scientists. They just aren't being invested in properly. Via Quartz

"THINK FOR YOURSELF: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence" - please consider purchasing a copy (available at B&N)... https://lnkd.in/dakrsni

a top banker proclaimed that with only 50% employees working the bank was as productive. “the only problem is we do not know which 50% of our workforce is working.” (maybe based on a true story.)

c-banks digital currencies, US fintech, neo banks, Chinese fintech... are all skirmishes and side shows. the real story in financial services is a new financial order, splintered, which will evolve by using certain technologies but first and foremost will evolve with a drastically different type of governance, cooperation and collaboration between trading blocks. …see more

Major challenge for #Biden - 80% of Biden and #Trump voters don’t believe they share the same core values

Steep drop in support for the idea that #democracy is "essential", especially in #America . That's an - alarming - wow.

What will coronavirus mean for the economy, and what can policymakers do about it? Went on MSNBC this afternoon to discuss. #coronavirus #recession #economy